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www.iltanet.org KM initiatives often are waterfall developments because the body of information to be captured is so large that — without careful assessment, project design, implementation and verification — the KM project can become unwieldy and ultimately unsuccessful. Another approach to software development and organizational change is the "agile" approach. Agile processes are iterative and incremental and can be illustrated as follows: u n Agility is... o s a f | i t o t adaptability transparency simplicity unity TDD build burndown velocity burnup tests an unaltered version of this image can be found at www.VersionOne.com refactoring integration collaboration Working Software Agile processes are more organic, flexible and streamlined, resulting in quicker applications and benefits to be realized by the organization. Unlike waterfall approaches common in KM, LPM can benefit from a much more accelerated delivery of a payback. The continuous improvement processes of an agile approach start when the organization begins improvement by immediately building capabilities and deliverables on an advanced timetable not achievable in a waterfall approach. A core value of an agile approach is its real-time response capability. Therefore, LPM implementation and adoption need not be confined to or restricted by a firm's state of KM proficiency. Nor does an LPM initiative need to be derived 50 ILTA White Paper from the KM process approach. Because LPM and KM are different tools serving different purposes, each can be implemented independently of the other. Further, LPM is much more susceptible to an agile approach and can produce the desired efficiencies and quality of process management with the added capability of predictable pricing and on-time delivery that KM can never assure. Technology Applications Play a Role Of course, technology applications can be used as resource tools to support both KM and LPM initiatives. V v S c e a A T S O Y L I A E T L I U T E AR I E B s E T S I o g I p l V v r e a t I o i a e S n e s w d I S R D L R L A e Y N U | r s s i e n e v l i O p | u N g n i t e a h i t r c c s n e p n U r e a r t p e O i d c c t r m e a l n T a E T A I N Y E G b a l p k c a o l n g | C i t e r a t i o n